Top for vehicles and the like.



M. BUCH.

TOP FOR VEHICLES AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED 020.22. 1911.

1,287,212. Patented 13mm, 1918.

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Specification oi ne Patent. Pate ted-ne 10,1918";

Application use December- 22, 19m 'seriaino. 203,477..

-T0 =all iizhom it knagfc o'n ccm I w Be it known that I, .MAx BUoHfa sub ect of the Emperor of Germany, andresident of Detroit, Michigan, have invented Toei tain new and useful Improvements" in- Tops :for

Vehicles and the lik Of w t e i 1 to be operated-by a singleindividual, and g With these and-other the folds of the covering material tobe" -p1operlyarranged. 1

The invention further. aims to provide a construction in which the bow arms or parts will be prevented from dropplng down be--. -1o,'w the body line in the folding oithe. top,

thus avoiding the liability (if-striking the qbjectsi'n vie-wag.

invention includes the-novel featuresof construction and arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter'deseribed, my said in vention being defined by :the' appended. claim.-"

An embodiment of my invention 'is illus trated inwthe accompanying drawings, in which, o

Figure 1" is a side elevation of mop SllOWlIlg the'salne in fuil lines in extended;

position, and in'dotted lines in'partially folded condition.

Fig, 2 is a detail, and i Fig. 3 is'a view of a modification. Inthese drawings the topb'eing shown in side elevation only thesttyndard and 'bow- 4 arms or links on one side appear, but it will be understood that they are duplicated on the other side, only one side being sho'wn for convenience; Similarlyin' the follow ing' description and claim where reference is made to the members o'n'one side it wil1'be understood that this is for convenience only; the opposite side are inferentially included.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing, the'numeral I designates the body of the conveyance for which t-hetop is adapted, and which is intended to be representa.tive of any type of vehicle or motor.-

boat needing such. a protective covering which'latterl is pivoted to the vehicle body standard" might be p1votedto the-vehicle body and=thereari boiw arm pivoted" to the mam'standard, jas is common" in the -'art. 5designates the outriggerbow armii hich has its rea'r'end pivotally' connectedto the front end of-a li'n'k r'member 6, preferably by a pivotjoint, as indicated cover material issupported ata suitable distance back from' 'the outrigger bow by an .augnliary front bow: 7, i connected at 7 to the outrigger bcw-arm- 5',

,1 .ThlS auxiliary front bowl n he e efi d Position of theiti p,

which has it'forwardend pivotally connected to"- th 'tuxili member 6- at 8.'

' A linkor. member 9 is'pivotaIly connected 'at" its front end' t'o the link 8, as iridicated at ow to r the mainstandard 3, by the pivot joint,.- indicated area This link 9 is' continued in ;-rear of thelstandard, as 'indi cated at Q"; T Thls. rearwardlyextending part forms a bow arm" for arear auxiliary bow; it being understood that the part 9f may be inthe shape of an 'arm adapted to carry the crdi-naryiwooden bow or may be formed in tegral with the bow, as desired. The part -9".--may" be inclinedupward ata greater; an-

gle to' bringthe bow-into proper position relative. to th'e covering, as shown in the drawings.

7 The standard 3, as shown, inclines for-- wardlyfrom its pivot and when the joint 5- is broken downwardly in folding, the pull of the top covering upon the rearwardly extended bow arm 9" serves to b l-ancethe front-extension, andprevent it 30m dropping down, and enables; it to be moved back 3.95,; 'The" hi h 7 is pivotal-1y {and- 'whieh -inclines rearwardly upward therefrom as shown;

from one side only into the position shown in dotted lines, where it will be sup orted, permlttmg' the operator to propea iy an range the covering material preparatory to the fol din of the top completely back.

When t e top is in its extended position,

. the link Or member 8 rests upon the top of the joint 5, or an extension of the pivot pin thereof, and this enables me to use a plain pivot joint, which is more economical in manipulation. If desired, however, a lock pivot joint could be employed, in which event. contact of member 8 with the lock joint would not be absolutely necessary, though it might be desirable as relieving the lock joint of strain;

I sometimes prefer to provide between two of said links a spring tending to project the top.

One arrangement of spring is shown at 10 in F ig. 1, and another arrangement at 10 in Fig. 3, in which figure the outrigger Copies of this patent may be obtained for joint is shown as a lock joint, as indicated at 5".

\Vhat I claim is:

In a. folding top a supporting standard, an outrigger bow arm, a link pivotally connected to said outrigger bow arm and to said standard, an auxiliary front bow arm pivoted to the outrigger bow arm and inclining rearwardly therefrom, a second link pivotally connected respectively to said auxiliary bow arm, and to said first named link, and a third link pivotally connected respectively to said second named link, andto said main standard, said third link having a part extended to the rear of the main standard, and constituting an auxiliary rear bow arm.

In testimony whereof,I afiix my signature.

MAX BUCH.

five cent! each, by addressing the "Commissioner of retentl,

Washington, D. G." 

